Feeding device.



H. KIEHL.

FEEDING DEVICE. APPLICATION IILEDJUNE a, 1910.

998,013. Patented July 18,1911

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H. KIEHL. FEEDING DEVICE. APPLIOATION Hum mum. 1910.

Patented July 18, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOaRAPfl c0., WASHINGTON, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HUGO KIEHL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

FEEDING DEVICE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGO KIEHL, a subject of the Emperor of Germany, andresident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Feeding Devices; and Ido hereby declare that the following description of my said invention,taken in connection with the accompanying sheets of drawings, formsafull, clear, and exact specification, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to feeding devices; and itconsists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of partsand details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth anddescribed, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate thisinvention more fully, Figure 1 is a plan of a feeding device for twohorses, constructed in accord with my invention. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of one of the feed-bags detached. Fig. 3 is a sectionalelevation of the same taken on line a m of Fig. 1. Fig. -1 is a sideelevation of the feed bag showing the-same in closed condition. Fig. 5is a side elevation of the forward end of a pole and the clamping meansthereon for removably securing the feed bag to said pole. Fig. 6 is anend elevation of the same. Fig. 7 is a plan of a onehorse device, inwhich the feed bag is removably secured to the forward ends of thethills. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a feed bag adapted for use inconnection with said thills.

Like parts are designated by corresponding characters and symbols ofreference in all the figures.

The object of this invention is the production of a feeding device forhorses which device is adapted for use in connection with the pole orthills of a vehicle, whereby the animals need not be unhitched from thevehicle to be fed, the device being detachable from the vehicle andadapted to carry the feed in said bag, the latter being adapted to beclosed for this purpose to prevent contamination of said feed.

A, in the drawings designates the feed bag which may be made fromcanvas, leather, or other suitable material. This bag has at its upper,open, end an outwardly turned flange 12, which flange is clamped be-Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1910.

Patented J u l-y 18, 1911.

Serial No. 565,745.

tween the members of a retaining ring B,

of peculiar construction, said ring com-pris ing two semicircular lowerparts-13', 141,. and two upper semicircular parts 15, 16, said up permembers being removably secured to said lower members by-screws 17,thereby removably holding said bag A by its flange 12 to said ring B.

The semicircular half 18 of the ring B is hinged to the othersemicircular half 14 by means of hinges 18, one leaf, 19 of which has anextension 20, which underlies the opposite half of said ring B andsustains the same in open position, there being a catch 21, on the lowerringhalves, best seen in Fig. 4, to retain the folded up halves and thebag in closed condition. By thus hinging the ring-members I am enabledto place the feed for a horse in the bag at the barn or stable and carrythis feed in sanitary condition in the closed bag sothat dust and other.objectionable matter can not reach the feed while being carried about..

The semicircular member 13 of the hinged split-rings B has in its middlea radially projecting socket 22, wherewith engages one end of a shortrod 24:, preferably in screwthreaded connect-ion, said socket 22 beingadapted to removably retain said rod, the other end of said rod 24engaging one member of a T, C, as illustrated in Fig. 1 at 25. Thismember 25 is provided with a thumb screw 26, adapted to securely fastenthe rod 2a in said member 25. As shown in Fig. 1, the device when usedfor two horses has two of the bags A which are alike in construction,and the description heretofore given in connection with one bag appliesequally to the other.

In the branch 27 of the T C there is securely but removably fastened arod 28, by

means of a thumb screw 23, at one end, the other end of said rod beingremovably and adjustably secured to the forward end of the pole D of atwo-horse vehicle, by a clamping device comprising a yoke 29, Figs. 1, 5and 6, said yoke having downwardlyprojecting members 30, 30, engagingthe sides of said pole and fastened thereto by bolt 31, there being athumb screw 32, on said yoke for holding the rod 28 in adjustedposition.

The device thus described is, as heretofore stated, adapted for use inconnection with a two-horse vehicle, but when to be used in asingle-horse rig, in which the animal is harnessed to the thills Iemploy one of the bags only and then modify the construction of the bag,as follows: On the lower semicir cular member 3 of the bag-ring, I formtwo sockets 33, 33, at the ends of said member 13, said socketsprojecting radially therefrom. In these sockets are secured rods 34, 3F, bent at approximately right angles, the opposite ends of said rodsengaging tubular members 35, 35, secured to the ends of the thills 36,36, said rods telescoping in said tubular members 35, 35, to affordproper adjustment of the bag A relative to the position of the horseshead so that he may conveniently reach the ba A, set screws 37 beingprovided in said tubular members 35, 35 to retain said rods removably inadjusted position.

W' hen not in use the rod 28 with the T C is pushed in *ardly upon thepole D, as shown in Fig. 5, in which position these parts are out of theway. The bags A are then carried in the vehicle. l'Vhen the vehicleleaves the barn or stable in the morning, the feed is placed in the bagsand the latter then closed to protect the feed from dust and othercontaminating matters. hen to be used the rod 28 with the T C is pulledout sutliciently to accommodate the position of the horses heads andthen the rods 2% inserted in the members 25 of the T C and secured inposition by the thumb screws 26. Now the bags are opened by disengagingthe catches 21, when the outer halves of the bags are sustained inposition upon the underlying extensions 20 of the hinges 18.

The rods 24 and 28 are preferably made from so-called wrought iron pipewhich combines suthcient strength with lightness. The parts forming thebag-rings can be conveniently produced in malleable iron or steelcastings, so that the complete article can be produced at a reasonableprice.

I am aware that many of the details of construction heretofore describedmay be changed without departing from the scope of my invention, and Ido not, therefore wish to confine myself to these precise details in thefinal embodiment of my said invention.

Having thus fully described this invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure to me by Letters Patent of the United States- A device forfeeding horses, comprising, in combination, two bags, an annular ring atthe open end of each bag, to which said bag is secured, said ring havinga socket, rods adapted to engage said sockets at one of their ends, a- Tadapted to receive the other ends of said rods, means adapted to retainsaid rods in adjustable position in said T, a further rod adapted toengage the third branch of said T, and a clamping de vice adapted tosecure the T to the outer end of a pole, said clamping device beingprovided with means adapted to hold said latter rod in adjustedposition, as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention, I have hereuntoset my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HUGO KIEHL. lVitnesses MICHAEL J. STARK, A. G. PETERSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0.

